The Naughty Chef
My cable company has this feature called On Demand that lets me watch recorded shows whenever I want for free. I couldn't sleep the other night and noticed a new cooking-related show on the Oxygen channel called The Naughty Chef. I watched the teaser episode and it was horrible.
I found Blythe Beck to be really annoying and obnoxious. Plus, I know frying is big in the south, but it's kind of condescending to assume that just because your restaurant is in Texas, that frying a bunch of stuff and using loads of butter is going to be enough.
The whole "naughty" concept is beyond me, too. I thought she was the "naughty chef" because her food was really bad for you, but she wants you to indulge anyways. During interview segments her reasoning behind the naughty thing didn't make any sense. She said something about it being confident and passionate about your food and the things you eat. Does that make sense to anyone else?
Has anyone else seen The Naughty Chef? Am I coming down too hard on Blythe? I wasn't familiar with her before seeing this show, so I can only base my opinion on what I've seen thus far.
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14 Comments:
I havent seen the show but being from Texas I can tell you right now, fried and buttery exists, but it does not in any way entail what our cooking is all about.
When you think Texas you should think tex-mex, salsa's, enchiladas, good mexican recipes brought across the border, steak, pork (just a little,) sausage, beef skirt, etc.
Good rub, no BBQ sauce.
I have the oxygen channel, I just never really paid attention. I'll have to try and catch an episode
AyeEat at 12:41AM on 09/19/09
Nope. Not for me. I love the movie "The Notebook" because I'm such a romantic sap, and it was on Oxygen a couple nights ago. No joke, almost the only commercials shown during the movie were for the Naughty Chef--at least six an hour, plus a bug for the show in the bottom right-hand corner of the TV screen, plus a crawling bug every now and then in the bottom left-hand corner. I wasn't impressed by the food I saw or the personalities of the chef and her staff. Somewhere in those commercials was a piece of fine print that said the show is brought to us by the fine people who do the Ace of Cakes infomercial on the Food Network, which is more of an impetus for me to not watch it.
You know how you see a movie preview that is hilarious, then you pay to see the actual film and realize that the best part of the movie is the one you saw in the preview? Well, if the scenes in the commercials are the best of the Naughty Chef, I certainly am not impressed. I'll watch it once just to see if I'm wrong.
betteirene at 1:20AM on 09/19/09
Naughty Chef made me think this was a show that could be found in the back of a video store. If she's so naughty, why do I need to be told? Wouldn't/ shouldn't that be self evident? Or, is it because I'm part of the TV viewing public and am too stupid to draw my own conclusions about a show?
Either way, I have absolutely no interest in the show whatsoever. I for one cannot stand when, someone lumps themselves in with another show and thinks that should be enough for someone to watch (from the folks who brought you ace of cakes...Are you F!@#$%& serious?). I'd sooner rub shit in my hair and run naked down main street than watch this, or any show like it.
Maybe I'm being too harsh, or maybe I should have a coffee before adding my two cents to a thread in the morning...
Pavlov at 7:32AM on 09/19/09
Her shiny pink chef's suit in the ad was enough of a red flag for me. I'm with pavlov on this - delberately marketing "brazen food hussy" does nothing to increase my appetite, and I won't be watching.
moibec at 7:50AM on 09/19/09
I keep seeing giant ads for this around the city, and they're really offputting. The typical cartoony setup of everyone leaning out from behind the chef, posing with kitchen implements with really awful expressions on their faces and copious amounts of shine and attitude photoshopped in. It actually made me angry to see it.
VerySmallAnna at 8:24AM on 09/19/09
Yeah, what Pavlov said...not too harsh at all IMO.
radley24 at 8:41AM on 09/19/09
I haven't seen it, but I've seen 2 million commercials for it, and I don't like her. "Shut your face down"? Really? Stop trying so hard...
KateRuby at 11:23AM on 09/19/09
I just have to add that, as I read this, every single ad on this page is advertising this show. It's kind of hilarious. And judging by the comments above, I must be lucky that my cable provider doesn't include Oxygen in my package.
pearl at 2:22PM on 09/19/09
THREE ads on this page alone. Desperation + Overkill = Bad.
betteirene at 2:56PM on 09/19/09
Haha, so glad I have Adblock. Between that and not having a TV, I only have to worry about getting bombarded with ads when I go outside! Ah city life :P
VerySmallAnna at 11:20PM on 09/20/09
Yeeeaah...I have to say, I caught one and I am not a fan. Having caught the ads during The Notebook the same as an above poster, I was curious. While I was not thrilled, I might have reserved further judgment, EXCEPT, there was a tease during the show re: a food review that was foreshadowed as if it would be resolved after the next ad, but then was carried over to the next episode. While I get the reasoning behind teasers, it just bugged me enough to change my mind. Anyone else feel this way??
coffeefrappe at 11:51PM on 09/20/09
Not only that, but I can't take the subway in NYC here without seeing it big as day—in that shiny pink chef suit.
Adam Kuban at 5:58PM on 09/24/09
In all candor, I think she is gross, as is the show itself. It should be called the Nasty Chef. Her humor, which I guess is supposed to be bawdy, is just obnoxious. Sidling up to customers and assaulting them with uninvited sexual banter seems inappropriate at best. Insulting the intelligence of her staff (the "door whores") while presenting herself as the resident idiot on the wine panel was painful to watch. And her VERY ill-fitting chef's coat and stringy too-long-for-a-kitchen hair should be addressed by her handlers. It was a 60 minute cliche; a cartoon of the fat, ribald, unapologetically gluttonous female chef whose alleged charm will overshadow her serious flaws. And the food looked gross too.
tk at 12:09PM on 09/28/09
First of all, I have to say that I HIGHLY doubt any of you who bothered to waste your time to post here are ANY sort of trained chef (or even gourmet-home-cook wannabees) - shock and suprise - so why you're so eager to criticize something like this show is beyond me. Everyone seems to be SO jealous of ANYONE that is doing better than they are. Secondly, I doubt any of you could have thought up a better advertising campaign for a new show slated to hit the airwaves because you don't have a creative bone in your body! So - if you don't seeing Blythe's picture and advertising campaign blown up in the NYC subway (or anywhere) for that matter, than keep moving and shut up! So eager to criticize, yet I doubt any of you have the brain capacity to run a cash register at a local grocery store.
Dallas Man at 11:49AM on 10/12/09